Vanta
AI-powered trust management platform that automates security compliance and builds stakeholder confidence.
- Founded
- 2018
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Latest Round
- Series D
- Est. Valuation
- ~$4,150M
Investment Thesis
Vanta is the leading trust management platform that automates security compliance for organizations. The AI-powered platform enables real-time, automated compliance with more than 35 major frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR, helping companies continuously monitor security controls and accelerate audits.
Founded in 2018 by CEO Christina Cacioppo, Vanta has grown to serve over 12,000 businesses in 58 countries. With $504 million in total funding and a $4.15 billion valuation, the company has become the definitive platform for proving and maintaining trust at scale. The platform's AI capabilities enable smarter cloud monitoring, faster security reviews, and predictive controls that anticipate security drift.
Getting SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and other security certifications is a months-long, manual, expensive process involving spreadsheets, screenshot evidence, and auditor back-and-forth — and it has to be repeated annually.
Vanta continuously monitors your infrastructure and automatically collects compliance evidence, turning a painful annual audit into an always-on compliance posture that takes days instead of months to achieve and maintain.
Over 8,000 customers including Atlassian, Flo Health, and Quora; $150M+ ARR growing rapidly; the de facto standard for startups and mid-market companies that need to prove their security posture to close enterprise deals.
Every B2B software sale now requires security questionnaires and compliance certifications, and the proliferation of frameworks (SOC 2, ISO, HIPAA, GDPR, AI governance) means companies need automated compliance or they can't sell upmarket.